🌾 FarmConnect System - README

📄 Overview

FarmConnect is a role-based agricultural product management system. It provides secure, role-specific features for Farmers and Employees to simplify product listing, farmer management, and product filtering.

🛠️ 1. Setting Up the Project

✅ Prerequisites

Ensure the following tools are installed:

• .NET 8.0 SDK or later
• Visual Studio 2022 (or Visual Studio Code with C# extension)
• Git (optional, for cloning from GitHub)

📂 Open the Project

1. Download the ZIP or Clone the Repo

• Download from my GitHub here: https://github.com/Kaylaf3001/AgriConnect.git
• Or If using Git:

  git clone https://github.com/Kaylaf3001/AgriConnect.git
  

3. Open the .sln file in Visual Studio.

▶️ 2. Running the Application

💻 In Visual Studio

• Press F5 or click the Start button
• The application will launch in your default browser at https://localhost:xxxx

👥 3. User Roles and Functionalities

👩‍🌾 Farmer Role

• 🔐 Log in securely
• ➕ Add new products (name, category, production date)
• 📄 View a list of their own products

👨‍💼 Employee Role (Admin)

Employees can:

• 🔐 Log in securely
• 👤 Add new farmer profiles (basic details)
• 📦 View all products from any farmer
• 🔍 Filter products by:
  • Date range
  • Product type
  • Farmer Name

🔐 4. Security & Authentication

• Secure login system using ASP.NET Identity
• Role-based access to ensure feature restrictions
• Only registered and authenticated users can access the system

🗃️ 5. Technologies Used

• ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 8.0)
• Entity Framework Core (Code-First + Migrations)
• SQLite (for local database)
• ASP.NET Identity (for authentication and role management)